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Friday, 19 September 2014

Gaming News from Neoscream: 19th September 2014

Welcome to “Gaming News from Neoscream”. This is my
weekly gaming news post for miniature games, RPGs, some card games and computer
games.

“Gaming News”

First off is the Battle System news. With their
Fantasy Dungeon Terrain KickStarter the Stretch Goals that they managed to
unlock since last week’s post were: Two
Tomb, a Table, a Torch, a Torture Rack, two Treasure Chests, two Thrones, three
Balustrades, a Broken Arch and a Great Throne were added to the Dungeon pledge
level; a wide Archway with a Butcher’s Block as an add-on at an unrevealed
amount; all tables, bookcases and Tombs are reversible; half of the Thrones
have been replaced with Wooden Chairs; An Arch Surround with two doors, two
Pillars, a Wide Portullis with Arch Surround and an Altar lid to convert a Tomb
into an Altar as an add-on as £135k.

Stretch Goal that was still going when I posted this
post were: Three Pristine Walls and a Pristine Doorway with a door as an add-on
at $140k; and Fortress parts as a future goal(s).

The KickStarter will be ended Sunday so let us see
what can back unlocked between now and then.

Next is the Stonehaven Miniatures news. The
characters we got since the last post for their Half-Orc Adventurers
KickStarter were: The Half-Orc Necromancer, a fantastic Hedgehog, the
Mysterious Stranger, an Undead Skelton Half-Orc, the Tengu Samurai, the Grippli
Witch Doctor, the Hengeyokai Songbird, the Half-Dragon Dualist and the Half-Orc
Scholar.

There is also a stretch goal of 300 Facebook shares
will add a Hengeyokai Messager.

The KickStarter will be ended Sunday so let us see
what can back unlocked between now and then.

Now for the Mantic news. They have been gearing up
for when they start shipping Mars Attacks all week by showing off painted
figures that we have not seen yet, like the DreadBall team. With Deadzone the Inferno
Drill and Brokkr Engineer where missing from everybody’s the Forge Father
Booster Bundle. This will be ship in the third shipment which is being delayed
until November (may be late October, but knowing Mantic and KickStarter I am
saying November). Due to the longer wait for wave three there is going to be
another survey to add more stuff. The Survey should be released on the 22nd
of September and will close on the 5th of October.

Ref! Ref! They have weapons on the patch

Due to this I have a strong feeling that DreadBall
Xtreme will be delayed to December as their warehouse will be busy with the
wave three Deadzone in November. But the way Mantic is going at the moment, it
might even be delayed to next year. Now this is just my thoughts and NOT news
from Mantic.

Speaking of DreadBall Xtreme, more stretch goals
were competed from the survey (which ends at the end of this month). We now
have Keepers and Prone tokens for both Seasons 5 and 6. Sadly only four teams
are getting Keeper from Seasons 5 and 6. Both the Kalyshi and Tsudochan teams
do not have Guard and the Hulk in the Hobgoblin team and the Crystallan guards
are too large to make Keeper upgrades. Also the final Xtreme Xpansion set giant
was funded as well, Krastavor. There are currently no news on any more stretch
goals.

Oh and the next Mantic Open Day will be on the 29th
November at our Nottingham HQ.

Next is the Cool Mini or Not news. They have
released a new mission for Zombicide online called “Hungry, Thirsty, and
Dangerous”.

Now for the Privateer Press news. Next Wednesday
will see the release of Cryx Ally Unit Cephalyx Mind Slaver with Drudges, the
Legion Light Warbeast Nephilim Protector, the new High Command box set “Faith
and Fortune”, High Command Faith and Fortune Expansion set called “Escalating
Conflict”, Iron Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy Monsternomicon and LEVEL 7
[INVASION].

Next is the Shadows of Brimstone news. We finally
got more deals on the waves. Wave one is the two core set, rules for (but no
figures) the Outlaw and maybe the paint set and several other bits if they have
arrived in time. This should start shipping Sometime this week for every one
apart for Europe. The Europe stuff will ship next month.

Wave two will be everything else and will ship in
Summer 2015, mostly likely August (which is what I am listing it as). If people
are willing to pay extra post and packing there will be a Wave 1.5 for them
that will send whatever is ready by then. They are currently planning on
releasing it in April/May 2015.

They have decided to swap out the extra Passages and
Standard Room Tiles that they were planning to added to the two core starter
sets for six new Frontier Bandit Enemies for the Outlaw pledge level and above
as well as an add-on, Due to rule changes they have replied the single Void
Sorcerer for a set of three at no extra cost. Trun Hunters, Trederran Mutants,
and Tribal Ghost Warrior Enemies, Bases, Corpse Piles and Derelict Ship Auto-Turrets as optional Add-Ons which may be purchased in
the Pledge Manager!

Now for the the HeroClix news. This week we got
previews of Forest Wolf, Little Red Riding Hood and Forest Hunter from Yu-Gi-Oh
Series Two and the Marvel 2014 Monthly Organized Play kit figure Psylocke.

Next is a new cheep little KickStarter I backed
called Yashima: Legend of the Kami Master. It is a card-driven miniatures game
where each player customises their chosen kami master and engages in player vs.
player or team vs. team combat. You are a Kami Master. Trained in the art of
channelling the spirit energy of the Kami, unrivalled in expertise of your
chosen fighting style, you are sworn to uphold the honour of your House. The
game comes with four characters (each with a deck of cards, a card Tome and a
fantastic figure), four Kami decks and Tiles to play on. There are two main
level Bronze and Silver. Bronze comes with the Base game and all unlocked
Bronze stretch goals, while Silver comes with the Base game and all unlocked
Bronze and Silver stretch goals.

Since the Kickstarter started they have unlocked for
Bronzer level: Double Sided Boards and thirteen Alternate art cards. And for
Silver level: Both Forest Expansion Masters (both with deck and figure); both
Foil Card Set one and two; and Sculpted Status tokens.

Stretch Goal that were still going when I posted
this post were: Forest Map Tiles and the Fox Kami deck for the Forest Expansion
will be added to Silver level at $55k; the Level Up Pack one will be added to
Bronze level at $60k; an Arcane Wonders promo Master (with deck and figure) as
an add-on (and to Gold Level is they make that level) at $65k; Foil Card Set
three will be added to Silver level at $70k; New Kami Pack one as an add-on
(and to Gold Level is they make that level) at $75k; the first Snow Expansion
Master will be added to Silver level at $80k; four Alternate art cards will be
added to Bronze level at 625 backers; an Alternate art card for every 100 likes
on Board Game Geek (up to at least 300); and ; an Alternate art card for 400
and again at 500 Facebook Shares.

I at Bronze level which is only $30 (about £20)
before postage.

Now for the OVA news. An update version of the
rulebook is available to download and anyone who missed out on out during
KickStarter can now buy the PDF version from DriveThruRPG for $15. The book
should be going into print soon and should be finish printing sometime in the
next couple of months.

Next is the Ninja Division news. Here is the
Robotech RPG Tactics news. Wave one is coming to them as five containers. The
first container had arrived a while ago, sadly it did not have every component
of Wave One in it unlike what they expected. So it sadly means that wave one
has NOT started shipping.

More Mars Attacks

The second container has arrived in the US earlier
this week and should arrive at their warehouse by the end of next week or the
following Monday. Once this container arrives they should be able to send a
bunch of backer rewards.

The third container is currently at sea and is
scheduled to reach the US around the same time second container is being
delivered to their warehouse. They should have the third container at the
warehouse a week after the second. After that, they would have received some of
everything, and all of most things. From what I understand they will have
enough Battle Cry sets to send one to everyone, but not multiple copies.

The fourth container has been loaded and sent to the
port in China yesterday, and will ship at the beginning of next week. It should
have the last of the Battle Cry extras in it, along with a bunch more main
boxed games.

The fifth Container will ship a week after the
fourth and the sixth container should either ship at the same time as the fifth
or a week later. This should round up all the last bits that they are missing
from wave one.

According to them about half of all Wave One rewards
should be shipped by the middle of October, and the rest should be shipped by
the end of October. Due to this I am remove wave one of Robotech RPG Tactics
from on the way to should ship in October.

Lastly the
Kingdom Death news. There should be a new update SOON. Hopefully!

“KickStarter Dates”

·“Kingdom Death
Monster”, “Mechabrick” and wave two of “Robotech RPG Tactics” all have been
delay due to problems and currently have no dates on when these will start
shipping. Plus I do not know when the second wave of “Shadows of Brimstone”
will ship

·Both and the
Sepia version of “Pop-Up Miniature Terrain Kit” has started shipping

·Both the “Battle
Systems Fantasy Dungeon Terrain” and the “Half-Orc Adventures” KickStarters
will end on the 21st of September 2014

·The “Deadzone”
wave three survey should start on the 22nd of September 2014

·“Dust Operation
Babylon”, the digital copy of “Mekton Zero” rulebook, “Arcadia Quest”, the
physical copy of the “Mekton Zero” rulebook, wave one of “Shadows of Brimstone”
for all apart from Europe and "Mars Attacks" all should start
shipping this month

·Wave one of
“Robotech RPG Tactics”, wave one of “Journey Wrath of Daemons and wave one of
“Shadows of Brimstone” for Europe are meant to ship in October 2014

·The “Deadzone”
wave three survey should end on 5th of October 2014

·The “Yashima:
Legend of the Kami Master” KickStarter will end on the 15th of
October 2014

·“StarCrawlers”
is listed to be done and out by November 2014

·Wave three of
“Deadzone”, wave one of “DreadBall Xtreme”, “Last Saga”, the coloured ran of
“Pop-Up Miniature Terrain Kit”, “Bubblegum Crisis Ultimate Edition Blu-Ray Set”
(comes with a digital copy of the old RPG rulebooks) and hopefully the physical
copy of “OVA” should all be shipping in
November 2014

·“Super Dungeon
Explore The Forgotten King”, “Guild Ball” and “Mechadrome” are all listed to
ship in December 2014

·Wave two of
“DreadBall Xtreme” is meant to ship sometime in 2015 and I am guessing wave two
of “Journey Wrath of Daemons” has be push back to this time as well

·“Zombicide
Season Three” should ship in February 2015

·Wave 1.5 of
“Shadows of Brimstone” should ship in April/May 2015

·“Half-Orc
Adventures” should ship in May 2015

·“Battle Systems
Fantasy Dungeon Terrain”, “Demigods Rising” and “Yashima: Legend of the Kami
Master” should ship in July 2015

· Both “Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf King’s Quest”
and wave two of “Shadows of Brimstone” should ship in August 2015

“Painting and Converting”

This week we have a Fatty Berserker, both the Zombie
and Human versions of Kyoko and three Zombie Dogs.

This week's figures front view

This week's figures rear view

Kyoko

Wave three Berserker Zombies

In next week’s post there will the finish Warmachine
figure for Monday’s points gathering for the Wargames Workshop MK
Warmachine/Hoard League 2014.